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OwnerScott Ferrill Tibbitts, Franklin Tai +2inventors
InventorsScott Ferrill Tibbitts, Franklin Tai, Ruel Coe Mercure, Jafar Nabkel
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Disclosed herein is a method and system for detecting, monitoring and/or controlling one or more of mobile services for a mobile communication device (also referred to herein as a Controllable Mobile Device or CMD), and in particular, when the device is being used and the vehicle, operated by the user of the device, is moving. The present method and system determines whether the vehicle is being operated by a user that may also have access to a mobile communication device which, if used concurrently while the vehicle is in operation, may lead to unsafe operation of the vehicle. If the mobile services control system determines that a vehicle operator has potentially unsafe access to a mobile communication device, the mobile services control system may restrict operator access to one or more services that would otherwise be available to the operator via the mobile communication device.
A mobile services control system for disabling a controllable mobile device, comprising:
A method for performing a wireless location service, comprising:
The method of claim 12, wherein the unique wireless signal comprises at least one of a unique vehicle identification and location.
The method of claim 12, wherein a controllable mobile device transmits to mobile device service provider.
A method for performing a wireless location service, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.